Buoyancy
noun
The ability of something to float on a liquid or gas.
The buoyancy of water helps swimmers float
Often appears as...
- water buoyancy
- buoyancy of air
noun
A cheerful and optimistic attitude or disposition.
Her buoyancy of spirit kept everyone’s mood uplifted.
Often appears as...
- buoyancy of spirit
- buoyancy of mood
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A force exerted by a fluid that opposes an object's weight.
In physics, buoyancy plays a key role in the phenomenon of flotation.
Often appears as...
- buoyancy force
- buoyancy effect
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The power of a market to maintain relative stability and gradually recover after falls.
The real estate market has shown a buoyancy, recovering quickly from the recent downturn.
Often appears as...
- market buoyancy
- economic buoyancy
Usage tips
Approving
Technical
noun
The ability of something to float on a liquid or gas.
The buoyancy of water helps swimmers float
Often appears as...
- water buoyancy
- buoyancy of air
noun
A cheerful and optimistic attitude or disposition.
Her buoyancy of spirit kept everyone’s mood uplifted.
Often appears as...
- buoyancy of spirit
- buoyancy of mood
Usage tips
Approving
noun
A force exerted by a fluid that opposes an object's weight.
In physics, buoyancy plays a key role in the phenomenon of flotation.
Often appears as...
- buoyancy force
- buoyancy effect
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The power of a market to maintain relative stability and gradually recover after falls.
The real estate market has shown a buoyancy, recovering quickly from the recent downturn.
Often appears as...
- market buoyancy
- economic buoyancy
Usage tips
Approving
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Context
Understand 'buoyancy' is often used in discussing objects in water or air.
The boat's design increases its buoyancy.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Floating
'Buoyancy' doesn't just mean floating; it refers to the upward force too.
The life jacket's buoyancy keeps you above water.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Context
Understand 'buoyancy' is often used in discussing objects in water or air.
The boat's design increases its buoyancy.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Floating
'Buoyancy' doesn't just mean floating; it refers to the upward force too.
The life jacket's buoyancy keeps you above water.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Context
Understand 'buoyancy' is often used in discussing objects in water or air.
The boat's design increases its buoyancy.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Floating
'Buoyancy' doesn't just mean floating; it refers to the upward force too.
The life jacket's buoyancy keeps you above water.
Never forget "Buoyancy"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
How to create a space...
can we help solve that problem well we can invent a suit within a suit because I can't get rid of gravity here so I go in there water and train at the NASA neutral buoyancy laboratory but guess what I sink right to the bottom of the suit so I'm practicing and practicing because I have to get it perfect for spaceflight but my shoulders and my
Video examples
Smash fear, learn...
And at noon each day the campers would go to a pond, where they had floating docks. You could jump off the end into the deep end. I was born premature. I was always very small. My left lung had collapsed when I was born. And I've always had buoyancy problems. So water was something that scared me to begin with.
Video examples
The Strange Tail of...
the bones are dense and heavy and this is something we see in animals like manatees for example animals that spend a lot of time in the water it turns out the dense bone is important in buoyancy control but not all scientists were ready to accept the idea that spinosaurus unlike any other dinosaur lived like a
Video examples
Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
that tail turns out looks a lot like what you see in a nude for example in some rocks so you just have this weird kind of frankenstein creature in some ways right um the bone density of spinosaurus is another one very dense bone which is important for buoyancy that's something we see in many
Video examples
Bridges should be...
It stands on floating pontoons which are tethered to the seabed and held down -- so, pulled down against those buoyancy forces, and in order to make it stable, the tops of the towers have to be tied together, otherwise the whole thing would just wobble around
Video examples
When Watersports Become...
To remain stable, a kayaker keeps the center of mass directly over the kayak center of buoyancy, which is in the middle of its submerged volume. Traveling out to sea, it helps to keep the kayak perpendicular to the waves, because turning sideways
Video examples
Are ghost ships real? -...
water in its hold, and lifeboats missing. The discovery of its intact cargo and a captain's log that ended abruptly led to wild rumors and speculation. But the real culprits were two scientific buoyancy and fluid dynamics.
Video examples
Swimming with a Manatee...
up to 20 minutes a time that puts my six minutes to shame and they can use each lung individually to help control their buoyancy to perfection I can't see why they call them seekers and observers
Video examples
Kayaking Over a...
It's also worth noting that a kayak's stability is dependent on keeping the center of mass in line with the center of buoyancy, which is in the middle of a submerged volume. Otherwise.
Video examples
Sea Kayaking: A...
consequences of swimming out of your boat is just the loss of buoyancy and so being pulled down deeper in the water
Video examples
How to create a space...
can we help solve that problem well we can invent a suit within a suit because I can't get rid of gravity here so I go in there water and train at the NASA neutral buoyancy laboratory but guess what I sink right to the bottom of the suit so I'm practicing and practicing because I have to get it perfect for spaceflight but my shoulders and my
Video examples
Smash fear, learn...
And at noon each day the campers would go to a pond, where they had floating docks. You could jump off the end into the deep end. I was born premature. I was always very small. My left lung had collapsed when I was born. And I've always had buoyancy problems. So water was something that scared me to begin with.
Video examples
The Strange Tail of...
the bones are dense and heavy and this is something we see in animals like manatees for example animals that spend a lot of time in the water it turns out the dense bone is important in buoyancy control but not all scientists were ready to accept the idea that spinosaurus unlike any other dinosaur lived like a
Video examples
Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
that tail turns out looks a lot like what you see in a nude for example in some rocks so you just have this weird kind of frankenstein creature in some ways right um the bone density of spinosaurus is another one very dense bone which is important for buoyancy that's something we see in many
Video examples
Bridges should be...
It stands on floating pontoons which are tethered to the seabed and held down -- so, pulled down against those buoyancy forces, and in order to make it stable, the tops of the towers have to be tied together, otherwise the whole thing would just wobble around
Video examples
When Watersports Become...
To remain stable, a kayaker keeps the center of mass directly over the kayak center of buoyancy, which is in the middle of its submerged volume. Traveling out to sea, it helps to keep the kayak perpendicular to the waves, because turning sideways
Video examples
Are ghost ships real? -...
water in its hold, and lifeboats missing. The discovery of its intact cargo and a captain's log that ended abruptly led to wild rumors and speculation. But the real culprits were two scientific buoyancy and fluid dynamics.
Video examples
Swimming with a Manatee...
up to 20 minutes a time that puts my six minutes to shame and they can use each lung individually to help control their buoyancy to perfection I can't see why they call them seekers and observers
Video examples
Kayaking Over a...
It's also worth noting that a kayak's stability is dependent on keeping the center of mass in line with the center of buoyancy, which is in the middle of a submerged volume. Otherwise.
Video examples
Sea Kayaking: A...
consequences of swimming out of your boat is just the loss of buoyancy and so being pulled down deeper in the water
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense is his life, large-brained, large-lunged, hot, ecstatic, his frame charged with buoyancy and his heart with song.
Quote examples
David Bergen
Canadian Novelist
For me, when I 'discover' a story, there is a feeling of buoyancy and clarity, perhaps similar to early morning out on a prairie highway, when darkness lifts and reveals the outline of farmhouses and copses of trees in the distance.
Quote examples
Mary Roach
American Author
I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is this biblically sized pool where they train astronauts. And it was just the coolest thing.
Quote examples
George C. Wolfe
American Playwright
The only rule of a musical is that it must maintain its buoyancy.
Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense is his life, large-brained, large-lunged, hot, ecstatic, his frame charged with buoyancy and his heart with song.
Quote examples
David Bergen
Canadian Novelist
For me, when I 'discover' a story, there is a feeling of buoyancy and clarity, perhaps similar to early morning out on a prairie highway, when darkness lifts and reveals the outline of farmhouses and copses of trees in the distance.
Quote examples
Mary Roach
American Author
I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is this biblically sized pool where they train astronauts. And it was just the coolest thing.
Quote examples
George C. Wolfe
American Playwright
The only rule of a musical is that it must maintain its buoyancy.
Example 1 of 4
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension